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Meanings of caplock mechanism in English

Russian
капсюльный замок
Portuguese
percutir
Spanish
llave de percusion
Catalan
pany de percussió
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Mechanism in firearms.

        капсюльный замок
        Synonyms
        Examples for "percussion lock"
        Examples for "percussion lock"
        1
        In the percussion lock, there are fifteen pieces; in the common flint lock, eight.
        Rides on Railways
        2
        This was the percussion lock, invented in 1807 by a clergyman and chemist named Alexander Forsyth.
        How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
        3
        He surveyed with great attention the percussion lock and heavier barrel of the rifle, surprised, no doubt, at its superior make and accuracy.
        Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume...
        4
        He had also purchased an old-fashioned double-barrelled fowling-piece, muzzle-loading and with percussion locks.
        Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
        5
        The guns of the Cyane are medium thirty-two pounders; some of them have percussion locks.
        Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1
        Translations for caplock mechanism